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Starbuck Chronicles Book Summary

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The “Starbuck Chronicles” series written by British author Bernard Cornwell are historical fiction books, and are set during the American Civil War. The series began publication in the year 1993 when “Rebel” was released. Two real people appear in the books and Nathaniel meets them, they are Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and Jr. It follows Nathaniel Starbuck, who was born in Boston and fights on the Confederate side. This is due his being in Richmond, Virigina when war breaks out. He is there to visit a friend of his named Adam Faulconer, who studies at the Yale seminary. Nathaniel is described as having dark and long hair with gray eyes and being handsome, tall, and clean shaven. He is a young man studying theology at the Yale Seminary, like …show more content…

He is written in such a way that makes him feel like a real person, with him in danger a lot of the time and never seeming like he is a super hero at all. There are some vivid characters in this, and some great description of all of the scenery. The book shows a lot of the brutality that happened during this time. “Copperhead” is the second novel in the “Starbuck Chronicles” series, which was released in the year 1994. Summer of 1862, and Nate has gotten bloody but has won some victories during Seven Pines and Ball's Bluff, two different battles. He is unable to shake his Northern roots, and quickly he is accused of spying for the Yankee side, chased, and then brutally interrogated. In order to clear his name, he will have to find out who the real traitor is. It is a search that is going to require extraordinary endurance, courage, and an odyssey behind the enemy's …show more content…

Fans of the novel shows the conflicts in the minds of those that fought in Civil War. You get to experience each of the battles with all of your senses while reading each of these books. It is obvious this author does a lot of research, and pays close attention to the details involved in the Civil War. Some hope to read more from this series, after this one. “The Bloody Ground” is the fourth novel in the “Starbuck Chronicles” series, which was released in the year 1996. Nate is given the command of a punishment battalion: it is quite a motley group of deserters, cowards, killers, and thieves. They set off to go join the army of General Robert E. Lee, and he hopes to reach Harper's Ferry so that they can be a part of Stonewall Jackson's taking of the Union garrison. After that, the regiment sets sights on Sharpsburg, a legendary horror and beside Antietam Creek. It is now remembered as the bloodiest day of the entire war. Starbuck and the troop he leads is going to have their commitment and courage tested like they never have

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